Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in Illinois
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,527
after federal, FICA and Illinois tax
Tax takes
$12,423
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,078
Illinois costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Illinois — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$59,950
Kept after tax
$47,527
Worth in national money
$48,078
State rank
50
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Illinois is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $59,950, ranking 50 of 50 states — about 19.08% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 494 occupations Illinois reports figures for, this is number 271.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $59,950, tax leaves $47,527, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $48,078 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $61,690, since top earners drag the number up.
- Illinois ranks 50 of 50 for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment, with a median of $59,950 — about 19.08% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Illinois's occupational distribution, electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment sits at 271 of 494 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Illinois sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment — median $59,950 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $47,527 retained, $48,078 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $61,690 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $90,180 |
| This salary | $59,950 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Illinois | $47,527 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,350 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,736 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $56,437 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,518 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 99 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,950 as a midpoint for Illinois, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,780 and the ninetieth is $90,180 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $47,527 take-home in Illinois comes from $59,950. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 271 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Illinois, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,078, the adjusted value of that $59,950 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 271 of 494 in the state.
- The Illinois median of $59,950 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,780 to $90,180. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $47,527, from $59,950, assumes a single Illinois filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 271 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Illinois, so $48,078 — the adjusted value of that $59,950 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 271 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $41,780, the highest tenth $90,180, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Illinois sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $48,078 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Illinois's own levy, $47,527 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($41,780) and the ninetieth ($90,180) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Illinois's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $48,078 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $47,527 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Illinois income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.